sanguine
To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguineTo stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
» They were sanguine about the company's prospects.
Sie zeigten sich hinsichtlich der Aussichten des Unternehmens zuversichtlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesTo stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
Examples
2 sentencesThey were sanguine about the company's prospects.
deSie zeigten sich hinsichtlich der Aussichten des Unternehmens zuversichtlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I am not sanguine that the negotiations will succeed.
Origin
From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. The obsolete medical sense is in reference to the humour (blood) which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with cheerfulness, optimism, confidence, liveliness, and spiritedness. Doublet of sanguineous.
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Forms
sanguines, sanguining, sanguined, sanguinedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.